What is recorded here

Indicated was a stone ringfort on the SE shoulder of a Cavan hillside, marked Fort on both the 1836 and 1876 maps before people levelled it in the early 1980s and built a house across part of the scar. It had the shape of a boundary, a circle of stones set in rough mountain ground, and households may have stood inside it or passed it without knowing they were using an old address. The fortress is gone, but the house still occupies its place, turning a lost fort into a living room and forcing every resident to inherit a name no longer visible.

Marked 'Fort' on OS 1836 and 1876 eds. Situated on the SE shoulder of a hillside in rough mountainous terrain. Levelled in the early 1980s, the site is now partly occupied by a modern dwelling-house. It was known locally as a 'stone fort'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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